Dear Mirandum,

I can hardly write through all this blush! But I do like to help, so I’ll try.

The first option to pop into my head is working at the Vatican.

Another option: you can use the “Perlingata” module to write Perl (mostly) in Latin. Or, if you have to program in some other language, you could write a filter to convert your Latin to that language. It couldn’t be all that hard, right? And while you were at it you could get it to recognize natural Latin instead of the circumscribed dialect Perlingata uses.

Possibly a third: look for your job at a university somewhere, where you can take classes on the cheap. However, the programming and Latin will still be woefully separate, so I consider this option much less satisfactory than the second. Unless you get to work for the Perseus Project or something…

Thanks for writing! And good luck!

Dear Inspring and Wonderful Writer Desultor, how would one go about looking for jobs that involve both programming and the use of Latin? Please advise. Many thanks.

It’s definitely worth checking Japanese and other non-IE languages.

“convenire” must also be the source for convene, which is an even more apt example.